Joseph Dunford

Joseph Francis Dunford Jr. (8 December 1955-) was a General in the US Army who served as Commander of the ISAF from 2013 to 2014, Commandant of the US Marine Corps from 2014 to 2015, and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2015.

Biography
Joseph Francis Dunford Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1955, and he was raised in Quincy. He joined the US Marine Corps in 1978, and he rose in the ranks of the military during peacetime. He served as commander of the US 5th Marine Regiment and chief of staff of the US 1st Marine Division during the Iraq War, and he became a Major-General in 2008. From 2013 to 2014, he commanded the ISAF coalition forces during the Afghanistan War, and President Barack Obama appointed him Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2015. He continued to serve in that position under President Donald Trump.